Tus kws saib xyuas lub chaw ua yeeb yam, Aaron Betsky, hais tias Gehry tau txais lub Golden tsov rau nws qhov kev txhawb tseem ceeb rau nws txoj kev muaj tswv yim mus rau qhov kev sim ua vajtse: ua ntej nws tau muab tshem tawm ntawm lub architecture mus rau hauv cais "fab", thiab tom qab ntawd mam sib sau nws dua, twb nyob hauv daim ntawv ntawm cov ntawv tshiab thiab kev sib txuas ntawm cov ntim nrog cov qauv tshiab ntawm kev tsim muaj pes tsawg leeg. Txhua yam no siv sijhawm ntau xyoo, tab sis txawm tam sim no, hauv xyoo tsib caug ntawm nws lub neej muaj tswv yim, tus kws kes duab vajtse tsis npaj nres nws tshawb. Betsky tseem tau hais tias Gehry yog ib tus thawj siv computer nyob rau hauv kev tsim qauv, uas tau coj cov kws keb tawm ntawv txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm tshiab. Ob qhov "kev sib tawg" no los ntawm Frank Gehry - hauv kev ua haujlwm ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev coj ua - faus cov kws ua haujlwm thiab muab thaj chaw tshiab rau kev muaj tswv yim, hais Betsky.
Nrog rau Gehry, tus kws tshaj lij Asmeskas keeb kwm keeb kwm James S. Ackermann, tus kws sau ntawv ua haujlwm ntawm lub tsev tsim qauv ntawm Italian Renaissance, uas tau hloov qhov kev tshawb fawb ntawm kos duab, yuav tau txais tshwj xeeb Golden Lion rau nws lub neej kev pab ntawm Biennale. Qhov khoom plig no tau ntev raws li lub sijhawm 500 xyoo ntawm Andrea Palladio yug, ib qho ntawm "kev xav" ntawm Ackerman qhov kev tshawb fawb, uas ua kev zoo siab rau xyoo no.
Cov ntawv teev npe ntawm cov khoom plig rau xyoo Biennale tseem tau pom zoo: Golden Tsov ntxhuav rau lub teb chaws tso tawm, Golden Tsov rau qhov kev ua haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev nthuav tawm thoob ntiaj teb thiab Silver Lion rau cov tub txawg hluas rau kev koom nrog kev nthuav tawm thoob ntiaj teb yuav raug muab tsub.
Pawg neeg txiav txim yuav suav nrog Paola Antonelli, tus saib xyuas ntawm New York MoMA Tsev khaws puav pheej, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm lub koom haum Stadel Max Hollein, tus kws tshaj lij Asmeskas Jeffrey Kipnis, Farshid Moussavi los ntawm British chaw haujlwm FOA thiab tus kws tshawb nrhiav keeb kwm, xib fwb hauv University of Rome La Sapienza Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi Cov.
